The value of feedback in improving collaborative writing assignments in an online learning environment

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-400

  Alvarez, Ibis ^a   Espasa, Anna ^a   Guasch, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

assessment of learning; feedback; online collaborative writing; online learning environment; regulation of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861566126     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.510182     Document Type: Article

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